Mother

1952

Japan

1h 38min

PG

Directed by: Mikio Naruse

Written by: Yūko Mizuki (screenplay)

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyōko Kagawa, Daisuke Katō

Language: Japanese

All seems well for the Fukahara family initially, but after the mother faces a dilemma, their facade of happiness is threatened. A poignant neorealist example of Naruse's obsession with the unspoken threat residing beneath the surface of everyday life in postwar Japan.